Camp committee minutes in 1959 indicated suggestions to not only employ a camp director that could be a year round employee for better integration between the camp and the association, but preferably a YWCA staff member. The job descriptions from the sixties were available for the position of director. The interview process was through the […]
Month: January 2017
Directors #1
In the beginning years of the camp, scant references were made in the archives to hostesses and directors. Virginia Leitch was mentioned as a possible first in 1916, with Vera Merriman in 1918, but in the book “Camp Maqua” the gap years not listed were due to un-certainty and verification of the positions. Committee director […]
Counselors Share Their Stories #3
As the oldest Michelson daughter, Sue camped for nine years at Maqua and developed her love of the water at the Flint YWCA. Beginning in 1963, her last job was as waterfront director in 1973, having only missed one summer when she travelled to Europe. She had worked all the way through college and loved […]
Counselors Share Their Stories #2
The boathouse was the place Barb Rehmus loved as a cabin counselor in the seventies. “ I still have memories of the little girls I had. One Dad said he would give me $5 for every pound (she) gained that summer. I knew she would never gain any weight with all the activities and running […]
Counselors Share Their Stories #1
“I was at Western Michigan University, packing to go home after my sophomore year, with no plan for a job for that summer,” said Ann Carney (1968-72).” Brooke, (a fellow classmate that I did not know), said she was going to camp as a horseback riding instructor. I had just finished my certification as a […]
Foreign Counselors
A young Japanese girl was to be considered as a camp counselor in 1933, according to the minutes and ledgers of the camp committee. There were no notes as to whether this was the first foreign girl, but it was not the last. March 16, 1934, the minutes stated “After a discussion as to whether […]